An entertaining and compelling courtroom drama, bolstered by Sorkin's script and strong performances.

The upcoming political drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 shows the first teaser. Netflix released it exactly two months after he showed us the first shots of the film. Now we can look more at the upcoming work of Aaron Sorkin, who we know is a master of this genre. For all of them, it is definitely worth mentioning the Social Network, Moneyball or the Great Game. And we have to say that something in just a minute and a half long demonstration can say enough. It perfectly draws us into the atmosphere of the late 60's and the protests in it. What began as a peaceful demonstration ended in several arrests and, as the name suggests, in court.

In 1968, a protest began at the National Democratic Meeting. He was led by some great personalities of that era. They intended to share their views and disagreements in a non-violent way, but this did not meet the understanding of the local government. Thus, 7 men ended up in handcuffs and were brought to justice. However, this only caused more unrest among the protesters and the demonstrations turned into riots. The director chose really great Hollywood names to play the central characters. They will be played by Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Mark Rylance. The official description of the story from the creators is as follows: What was meant to be a peaceful protest in 1968 at the National Democratic Corps turned into a violent encounter with the police and the National Guard. Protest organizers - including names like Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, and Bobby Seale - have been accused of conspiracies and plans to start an uprising. This has led to one of the most well-known lawsuits in history.

And The Trail of the Chicago 7 teaser shows us that this material is really reasonably processed. It gives us a look at “peaceful protesters vs. police ", from which it freezes. Maybe because the topic is so current, the situation was (and in some places still is) very similar in the States. Some people are even worried about whether it is appropriate to show a dramatization of similar things that we see today. However, the director and Netflix probably know what they are doing. The film does not play a racial card, its core is the struggle of political activists against the law itself. And in the example, we see great moments, tense dialogues (for example, between Cohen, who plays Abbie Hoffman, and Gordon-Lewitt, who played Richard Schulzt), which work perfectly. The topics Sorkin refers to are always relevant, so it looks like every moment of this drama will be great to watch. It is premature to say whether he will earn another nomination for this, but from my point of view this is not out of the question. In any case, we will be able to see how the politically tuned film will turn out on October 16 on Netflix and in selected cinemas.